| Citation | Randall, J.E., 2005, Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands.. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. |
| Ref. | Randall, J.E., 2005 |
| Page | 316 |
| Named Used as Valid | Chaetodon mertensii |
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| Locality | |
| Distribution | East coast of Africa to Rapa, Pitcairn Island, Eastern Island, and throughout Micronesia; in the western Pacific fom the Ryukyu Island to New South Wales, Lord Howe Island, and Norfolk Island |
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